Navy · NC
Your Navy Counselor experience maps to civilian jobs like Human Resources Specialists—and well beyond. Explore the specific roles below, see what each pays and requires, and build from there.
These are the civilian jobs the U.S. Department of Labor maps to NC, plus the roles most closely related to them—ordered from the closest match. Think of them as a floor, not a ceiling: see what each role involves and pays, start where your Navy Counselor experience already fits, and build toward the rest.
$67,650/yr mediantypical $43k–$122k
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Navy Counselor work maps straight onto the business & financial operations side of this role.
$47,710/yr mediantypical $34k–$64k
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Compile and keep personnel records. Record data for each employee, such as address, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports, and date of and reason for…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Navy Counselor occupations on the administration & operations support side—a natural next step.
$136,350/yr median
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Navy Counselor occupations on the management & project leadership side—a natural next step.
$50,270/yr mediantypical $37k–$68k
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Navy Counselor occupations on the administration & operations support side—a natural next step.
$74,530/yr mediantypical $46k–$127k
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Conduct programs of compensation and benefits and job analysis for employer.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Navy Counselor occupations on the business & financial operations side—a natural next step.
$63,450/yr mediantypical $41k–$100k
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Navy Counselor occupations on the administration & operations support side—a natural next step.
$125,040/yr mediantypical $73k–$220k
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Navy Counselor occupations on the management & project leadership side—a natural next step.
Source: O*NET / DMDC Military Crosswalk and O*NET related-occupations data, August 2024. Pay is BLS OEWS (May 2023).
Use the level that reflects what you actually did—not rank alone. Two people with the same code and very different experience should not submit the same résumé.
Lead with hands-on tasks, tools, equipment, qualifications, safety discipline, and the conditions in which you performed. Do not inflate supervisory scope.
Add team leadership, training, inspections, work allocation, quality control, readiness, and the people or assets you directly supervised.
Emphasize multi-team operations, schedules, resource forecasting, safety systems, policy enforcement, advising leaders, and organization-level results.
A translated title isn't enough. These four moves turn Navy Counselor experience into evidence a civilian hiring manager can act on.
List the systems, vehicles, equipment, and tools you personally operated as Navy Counselor—plus qualifications, certifications, and the recurring high-stakes tasks you owned.
Sailors led, dollar value of equipment you were accountable for, workload, readiness rates, and safety or quality outcomes. Scope beats adjectives.
For any target role, name the license, degree, or software it requires and start now—your GI Bill and credentialing assistance can cover most of it.
Recruiters rarely search “NC.” Search job boards by the equipment, skills, and outcomes above as much as by “Navy Counselor.”
How to use this: Treat these as targets, not limits. Your exact duties depend on your assignments, so lead with what you actually did—and remember that regulated careers require their own license, certification, or degree.